Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I drew myself up to my full 4 feet 8 inches , flared my pupils at the teacher , picked up my scarlet skirt , Vivien Leigh-style , and , with a thud , parquet met felt and felt met parquet . |
| 2 | He flung himself down on my bed , trying it out in different positions . |
| 3 | It spat a worrisome mixture of steam and flame out periodically and covered the bottom of the pans with black ooze , a treacly goo that got itself on to my pile jacket and put me in good humour for an hour or so . |
| 4 | My wardrobe may not be as current these days , and I hardly saw a movie for a year and a half while I was getting myself back on my feet financially . |
| 5 | It was n't until I heard Dennis say , ‘ I 'll just fetch up another bottle of the Hunter Valley ’ that it was borne in on me that the woman who was frenching me and bringing herself off on my belt buckle was none other than Karen Parsons , the wife of Dennis Parsons , who was currently six feet away on the other side of the dining-room door and closing rapidly . |
| 6 | I took to spending more time with my mother again , rather than shutting myself up in my caravan . |
| 7 | So I took myself off to my billet , feeling bloody frustrated and edgy , might I add , and thence to bed , where I thought about it . |
| 8 | So , ignoring Mala 's reproaches , I took myself back to my cabin and the galacvid 's more entertaining screen material . |
| 9 | I heaved myself out of my chair with elaborate sighs . |
| 10 | I propped myself up on my elbow and looked at him . |
| 11 | I need to get myself back on my feet and forget all this and get it all sorted out and so I can live my life again . |
| 12 | ‘ If I can pull myself up by my own bootstraps , ’ he declared , ‘ then so can the human race . ’ |
| 13 | It contradicts all the assumptions of secular culture — that I can gain self-knowledge and pull myself up by my own shoestrings . |
| 14 | At any moment , he told himself , I will find myself up on my legs , waving my arms around in the air and giving . |
| 15 | But you ca n't expect me to cut myself off from my friends , ’ she said . |
| 16 | I crammed myself down into my seat , but something pulled at me . |
| 17 | ‘ I also have to accept that maybe I 'm not that versatile , so I have to make sure that I 'm in the right situation to show myself off to my best advantage . |